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»Employment Statistics

Deciding to attend law school is a life-altering decision that requires in-depth research and careful consideration. As you make this commitment, please consider the number of variables that will affect your job search, including the state of the legal job market, the recruitment needs of different types of employers, the strength of your application materials, interviewing skills and networking skills, geographic flexibility, practice area interests, etc. Based on so many variables, Chapman University Fowler School of Law cannot guarantee employment in a particular job by a set time. However, you will not be alone in your job search—the Career Services Office is 100% committed to assisting you in your job search by providing individualized counseling and equipping you with the resources necessary to find the job of your dreams.

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Employment Type with Salary Breakdown

Employment Locations

These employment percentages include all types of employment: full-time, part-time, legal, non-legal, temporary and permanent.

Employment Statistics for the Class of 2013 - Collected Nine Months After Graduation (Feb. 15, 2014) Note: Only graduates who began the duties of their positions by 2/15/2014 were counted as employed per NALP requirements. If a graduate accepted a job offer prior to 2/15/2014, but did not begin his/her duties by 2/15/2014, that graduate was not counted as employed.

Total Number of Graduates: 186

Salary Info

# Full-Time Reporting Salary

Average

Minimum

25th Percentile

Median

75th Percentile

Maximum

Total

77 (41%)*

$ 72,262

$ 30,000

$ 60,000

$ 66,000

$ 75,000

$ 160,000

*Percentage above based on total number of graduates: 186

Employment Type with Salary Breakdown

Percentages are based on total of employed graduates in the Class of 2013: 124

TOTAL

FULL-TIME

PART-TIME

Unknown

# Full-Time Reporting Salary

FULL-TIME SALARIES by percentile

#

%

Long- Term

Short- Term

Long- Term

Short- Term

25th

50th

75th

All Law Firms

73

59%

57

1

10

5

0

47 (38%)

$ 60,000

$ 65,000

$ 80,000

Law Firms - Solo Practice

8

7%

5

0

3

0

0

0

-

-

-

Law Firms - 2-10 Attorneys

41

33%

28

1

7

5

0

23 (19%)

$ 51,000

$ 60,000

$ 65,000

Law Firms - 11-25 Attorneys

8

7%

8

0

0

0

0

7 (6%)

$ 72,500

$ 75,000

$ 85,000

Law Firms - 26-50 Attorneys

5

4%

5

0

0

0

0

5 (4%)

$ 60,000

$ 64,000

$ 75,000

Law Firms - 51-100 Attorneys

1

1%

1

0

0

0

0

1* (1%)

-

-

-

Law Firms - 101-250 Attorneys

6

5%

6

0

0

0

0

6 (5%)

$ 80,000

$ 82,500

$ 96,250

Law Firms - 251-500 Attorneys

1

1%

1

0

0

0

0

1* (1%)

-

-

-

Law Firms - 501+ Attorneys

3

2%

3

0

0

0

0

3* (2%)

-

-

-

Law Firms - Unknown Size

0

0%

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

Business & Industry

39

31%

26

2

10

1

0

24 (19%)

$ 64,350

$ 68,070

$ 75,750

Government

8

7%

4

2

1

1

0

6 (5%)

$ 53,750

$ 66,000

$ 69,025

Public Interest (Including Public Defender)

1

1%

0

1

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

Judicial Clerkships

2

2%

2

0

0

0

0

2* (2%)

-

-

-

Federal Judicial Clerkships

2

2%

2

0

0

0

0

2* (2%)

-

-

-

State & Local Judicial Clerkships

0

0%

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

Other Types of Judicial Clerkships

0

0%

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

Academia(Includes law-school funded positions. See below.)

1

1%

0

0

1

0

0

0

-

-

-

Employer Type Unknown

0

0%

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

Total Employed

124

100%**

89

6

22

7

0

77 (62%)

$ 60,000

$ 66,000

$ 75,000

Employment Status with Salary Breakdown

Percentages based on total numberof graduates in the Class of 2013: 186

TOTAL

FULL-TIME

PART-TIME

# Full Time Reporting Salary

FULL-TIME SALARIES by percentile

#

%

Long- Term

Short- Term

Long- Term

Short- Term

Unknown

25th

50th

75th

Employed - Bar Passage Required

89

48%

71

5

10

3

0

63 (34%)

$ 60,000

$ 68,640

$ 80,000

Employed - JD Advantage

20

11%

14

1

3

2

0

12 (6%)

$ 46,860

$ 65,000

$ 69,000

Employed - Professional Position

8

4%

3

0

4

1

0

2* (1%)

-

-

-

Employed - Non-Professional Position

7

4%

1

0

5

1

0

0

-

-

-

Employed - Category Undeterminable

0

0%

0

0

0

0

0

0

-

-

-

Pursuing Graduate Degree Full-Time

5

4%

Unemployed - Start Date Deferred

6

3%

Unemployed - Not Seeking

21

11%

Unemployed - Seeking

30

16%

Employment Status Unknown

0

0%

Total Graduates

186

100%

89

6

22

7

0

77 (41%)

$ 60,000

$ 66,000

$ 75,000

Law School/University-Funded Position

Of Employed - Law School/ University-Funded Short-Term

0

0%

*When fewer than five full-time salaries are reported in a single category, we do not provide the salary distribution for that category to protect the privacy of the graduates.**Fractions are rounded up or down to the nearest whole number.

Statistics shown above for the Class of 2013 were last updated and corrected as of July 28, 2014. Note: If a graduate is a non-attorney working for a solo practitioner, that graduate is counted in the “2-10 attorney” law firm category per NALP requirements.

Class of 2013:

These percentages are rounded up or down to the nearest whole number.

Pacific: 94%Mountain: 2%North West Central: 0%North East Central: 0%South West Central: 0%South East Central: 0%South Atlantic: 2%Middle Atlantic: less than 2%New England: less than 0%

ABA Required Employment Disclosure:

Mike Preciado ('13)

"Career Services helped me prep for interviews and strategize on landing a job. Because of their expertise and support, I had a great job lined up after graduation."

Jaryn Saritzky ('14)

"I love the personal attention that the Career Services team offers. They support me through the application process by helping me to develop strategies, tailor cover letters and prepare for interviews."